Chapter 283 – Episode 266 as a Sister and a Magical Girl

After changing her clothes outside, Umi noticed her and succeeded in entering her women’s bath again.

As I was taking the sauna clothes, I was appalled when the counter staff pushed up her glasses and tilted her head… If you see that it came in here, it must have been fortunately passed.

“What… Even though they look similar, you wouldn’t think that the person’s gender had changed…”

Brushing off her cool bangs, Umi entered her women’s locker room. After quickly changing into her orange sauna clothes, she takes the stairs to the sauna.

“Let’s see… Where is everyone…”

The scene of the spacious sauna is familiar to Umi. Her family has come and enjoyed it together, and she has even had a sleepover with her friends from high school.

Here and there, you can see the sight of users resting or sleeping on ocher-colored mats. As Umi walked past the large TV set in the center of her room, she immediately spotted a familiar face.

“Ah, Ara unnie.”

“… Uh. Umi, are you here~? “You really worked hard this time too.”

Her relaxed voice welcomes Umi. Ara, the actual helper who saved Umi in her men’s bathhouse, was there.

Umi sat down next to Ara, who got up from lying down. After accepting Joo-hyuk’s help and lending him a magic reading glass, Ara seems to have been enjoying a sauna for the first time in a long time.

“No, that…” Thank you. “If it weren’t for Ara’s magic, she would have had a hard time getting out of the men’s bath without incident.”

“I have to say thank you to Joo Hyuk~. Because I’m a half-detective who can’t even predict events that haven’t happened… By the way, it’s okay to not have to use polite language anymore, right?”

“How can you use informal language when you act so adult? ?”

After hearing Ara’s story last week, Umi learned that she had become an adult thanks to her magic.

Her true self, which is refreshingly adult, is a child who skipped a grade only to appear when her magic power is low.

However, even after hearing such a confession, the reason people automatically think of Ara as her older sister is probably because of Ara’s appearance.

The twin drill hair must have been loosened while taking a bath, and the long golden hair that fell down was so beautiful that it caught the eyes of passers-by. Even if you are wearing a wet towel as a sauna sheep.

Moreover, Ara’s body, which has grown thanks to the power of the Heart Stone, is of such a high standard that it is suspicious that she is wearing the same sauna clothes.

The lower part of her chest in her sauna clothes is wet with sweat, as if she just came out from a sauna. Hmm…

“Arabic… Her older sister’s current appearance is the older sister who appeared in the sauna… “She is who she is.”

It is also burdensome to change the honorific title used for Ara and her speaking style.

“Hmm… Okay? For some reason, I felt a lot of people’s eyes on me after entering the sauna. Is this the feeling you usually experience? ?”

“Yes, yes…” ? Haha… Well, I don’t know.”

At the same time as Ara asks, two male guests who came to enjoy the sauna with her pass by and glance at Ara’s sweat-covered body.

I can’t help but be drawn to Ara now… Do they know that Ara’s real age is criminal?

Ara also seemed to recognize that look in her eyes and spoke to Umi with her playful gesture.

“… Ugh. It gives me goosebumps~.”

“Eh, eh? Please don’t open your eyes to strange things… ! It’s still ten years too early for her sister!”

“No, I don’t think the last part is necessary… ? What happened?”

After taking a sip of the sauna coffee in Ara’s familiar plastic water bottle, she held out her other straw to Umi.

“Would you like some coffee?”

“Ah… Thank you.”

Umi nodded and took a sip of coffee. Sweet and bitter. But my thirst goes away. It seems he was thirsty without realizing it.

“Did you see Joo-hyuk?”

“Huh. Joo-hyuk said he was grateful and bought me this Americano.”

Ara stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction Umi had walked.

“Joo-hyuk went into the salt room with a very noisy girl earlier. “I thought the girl’s eyes were sparkling with stars.”

“Ah…”

Umi let out a sigh. The mysterious girl who took Joo-hyuk… ?

A cat thief who suddenly appeared and snatched Joo-hyuk – there is no way.

“… I guess so. “She is my younger sister.”

Woomi’s boyfriend (written as) who appeared while waiting for her? There’s no way Hina’s sparkling eyes won’t miss him.

By now, Joo-hyuk has become a victim of Hina’s love talk and is probably sweating a lot. She can’t leave the sauna until she spits out all the recent flirty events with her older sister… You’re probably going through the same thing.

“I thought so.”

Ara chuckled and turned her head.

“It seems like her sisters have extremely different personalities, but they still look alike.”

“Yes… Well, that’s right. When I was young, I fought a lot… Even now, I live with a lot of compromises. I don’t know if Hina knows that.”

“Haha… So?”

It’s just her older sister’s problem. Of course, from her younger brother’s perspective, it might be something she would protest.

“… This is the typical image of someone who grew up receiving a lot of cuteness and love from those around them.”

“Are you Hina?”

“Huh. I can tell even just by looking at it for a moment. Her bright smile and laughter are something that cannot be created by her practice. According to Freud’s theory of personality development, it is clear that early life experiences were very rich.”

At some point, Ara’s eyes turn to look over Umi’s shoulder.

“… You can clearly see it. Umi, your brother’s shadow.”

“… Really?”

“Then. “He must have been like the gray between black and white.”

“Lol… If you ask me, I think he was closer to 100.”

The black-haired Umi pursed her lips and grunted. But she didn’t seem to be in a bad mood.

Even though the topic was briefly discussed, Umi felt his heart filled with longing and regret.

“Do you miss your brother?”

“… For some reason, it feels more like that today.”

Even Umi herself knows the reason.

In the image of Joo-hyuk, who entered the men’s bathhouse to save himself, the older brother who threw himself away to save himself was reflected like a mirror.

… Umi’s goal still remains the same.

There is an older brother within reach of Umi. But now my brother has no memory or body of that day.

To Terus…
We need to find her original self.

“It was fortunate that we had time to be alone together.”

Ara hints and brings up the story.

I knew this was the main point. Umi too… It was the same.

I can no longer feel the eyes of people who were glancing at Ara. Ara and Umi are not visible.

Cognitive decline barrier. Suddenly, a space was created for just the two magical girls.

“… Last week, Umi, I gave you a chance to make your own decision. A chance to stop being a magical girl.”

“… Yes.”

“How is it? Umi, your answer is.”

Ara rested her chin and asked.

“Even if something like today happens, will you be able to continue being a magical girl?”

“…”

It was an obvious question. Umi almost got herself in big trouble. Even after she becomes a magical girl, she ends up remembering what happened that day.

That… It would not be strange to compare it to driving a wedge into Umi’s magical girl life, which had been difficult to endure until now.

It would not be strange at all if Umi said here that she wanted to quit being a magical girl.

But.

Umi’s mind had been sorted out long ago.

“I am… Still, I don’t want to give up on being a magical girl.”

“… “Are you serious?”

Ara seemed taken aback by her Umi’s answer.

No matter how much of a detective Ara was, Umi’s decision could not be easily deduced.

“Even though she almost got into big trouble like that… Are you saying you won’t give up on being a post-womb magical girl?”

“Honestly, I was scared. It’s just that I, who considered myself a man, ended up entering a men’s bathhouse due to coincidences and coincidences… It felt like the devil was leading me to the top of a cliff.”

Click. The ice in the coffee in the water tank is melting.

“After coming out of the men’s bathhouse, I looked at the night sky and thought about it. Up until that moment, her mind had been focused on quitting being a magical girl. If this happens again until Azoth is defeated… “I wonder if I can endure it.”

But Umi shook her head.

“But… She quit being a magical girl after all… “I didn’t think it would work.”

“… Why?”

“Ara-unnie… No. Even if you turned us into magical girls.”

Umi’s eyes turn to Ara. She speaks naturally.

And to that extent, Umi’s determination is mixed into every word.

“… Even if I became a post-uterine magical girl because of that… There is no need for you to feel responsible for that and shoulder the hardest work.”

If all the heart stones are collected by one person according to Ara’s scenario.

And if, because of that, the Philosopher’s Stone regains its true form.

It may be possible to restore the appearance of everyone who has become a mascot.

However… That’s just a story based on hopeful observations.

“If we all give up being magical girls… To collect the remaining heartstones, you must fight against Azoth alone. All alone, without anyone’s help.”

Umi… I am here now with the help of others. With the help of her brother, who threw her body away. With the help of Joo-hyuk, who always ran like the best.

Therefore, Umi is prepared to be in a position to help others at any time.

I am prepared to give up my uterus.

“It’s a problem before the feeling of being a magical girl. Ah, I can’t put my mind at ease and leave everything to you. My side is ‘older sister’… “I can’t do that.”

“… Sister… Is it… “Yes.”

Ara muttered those two syllables as if savoring the words and looked toward the salt room where Hina was. Umi nodded her head.

“I’m sorry, Ara. Magical girls will continue. And I will definitely defeat Azoth together with everyone. I will not force this burden on anyone. That is… Even if it is the magical girl spirit that led me to become a post-womb magical girl.”

Ara smiled bitterly as if it was the right answer.

I criticized Hina because she had a completely opposite personality, but it seemed wrong. Hina’s bright personality was possible not only because of her brother, but also because of her older sister Umi.

Looking at Umi, Ara reminded me of a fairy tale I read when I was younger.

The darkness lost its color due to giving color to everyone.

A happy prince who gave away the gold leaf on his body to others and ended up in a mess himself.

The self-dedication and good intentions that are foolish… In today’s world, it’s not even a virtue.

It is a time when people say that we should look for the strengths in Nolbu, not Heungbu.

That’s why.

Deciding to continue working as a magical girl at the risk of having your uterus shake and being criticized…

Unless you are a true ‘magical girl’ at heart, it would be impossible.

“That’s a lovely answer. Even though she almost got into trouble, there’s no way she’d change her mind if she said something like that… ?”

“Yes.”

Ara slightly closed her eyes at that sharp answer.

“… I really can’t stop you. Even the magical girls in the animations I watched didn’t say they would become magical girls even in such a situation.”

“Let’s work hard together. Ara and me too… “There are still people you want to save, right?”

“… Huh. “Unni Umi.”

As a magical girl.

There was no need for further explanation.

* * *

After a serious talk.

“Anyway, it’s strange. Umi.”

Ara asked Umi who, after breaking the cognitive decline barrier, bought and ate an egg from the kiosk inside the sauna.

“I had a younger sister. How did she end up in the men’s bathhouse? If Hina had been with us, there would have been no way that loud sister would have let you go to the men’s bathhouse… ?”

Ara’s question is reasonable.

Even if it is during her period that Umi considers herself a man.

No matter how much rust there is, there is no reason to visit a public bathhouse.

If Hina had been next to her, the incident where Umi entered the men’s bathhouse on her own would not have occurred.

“Did you break up with Hina in the middle?”

“That’s right. That is…”

Umi scratched her cheek and handed Ara an egg.

“Suddenly… “I was afraid of being small.”

“… Huh?”

“I’m sure everyone must have been sleeping at home… A signal came as if something was pressing from inside. It’s so bad that it makes a loud sound out of my mouth…”

Umi frowned as she remembered what had happened.

“I sent Hina first to find a nearby restroom… At some point, the need to urinate disappeared as if I had washed myself. Well, even if she had gone looking for the restroom, wouldn’t it have been a big deal since she would have used the men’s restroom without me knowing?”

“… Hmm?”

Moment.

Ara’s eyes became harsh.